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Is the Role of the B2B CMO Past Its Prime? Or Is It Just in Need of Some Re-positioning around Go-to-market Leadership?

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There is perhaps no more challenging role in the C-suite than that of the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) within a B2B organization. While the data on average tenure for CMOs changes each year, the consistent trend is that – among the C-suite – CMOs typically have some of the shortest tenure, well shorter than CEOs, CFOs and CIOs.

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Executive Insights: Imperative Marketing Analytics for the Modern Marketer

Marketing Insider Group

She took the lead on a great discussion on Modern Marketing, the impact of Analytics, Data and Marketing Technology ( MarTech ), and the importance of Data Literacy for all marketers. Q: Fred, why is marketing analytics so important as we move into planning our 2021 strategies. Fred, what are your thoughts on this?

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Executive Insights: A Marketing Transformation Conversation with CMO Advisor Kathleen Schaub

Marketing Insider Group

While in SAP Global Marketing we launched several thought leadership efforts, and one of the analyst partners I leveraged was IDC, and specifically their CMO Advisory Service. Kathleen recently retired from IDC after a long and distinguished career in marketing, including being a head of marketing and a CMO.

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Top 5 B2B CMO Actions to Strengthen Marketing Relevance

Heinz Marketing

CMO (Chief Marketing Officer) tenures have often shrunk to 2 years while B2B marketing has morphed away from a function responsible for events, creatives, and messaging that pushes product or service messages to drive awareness with prospects and customers. The CMO should partner closely with key functional peers. Customer Obsession.

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Mission Impossible: Making Hard Choices as a First-time CMO (Part 2)

DiscoverOrg

Fear isn’t a luxury the CMO can afford. Today’s CMO position – “ a minefield where many talented executives fail ” – requires the courage of conviction to survive. If you’re a first-time CMO, this goes double. Align sales and marketing with SLAs. sales teams more likely to grow. Neither is hesitation.

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Top 3 Demandbase Reports to WOW your CMO

Engagio

Let’s face it, CMO’s are busy, and getting the right info to them at the right time can be daunting- especially when your CMO is prone to 11th hour requests for data! Get that to me next week, said no CMO EVER! CMO: High Intent Keywords in the last week: Why will your CMO care? First, let’s start with the reports.

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Unifying the C-suite: A roadmap for CMO-CTO partnerships

Martech

This shared approach to data can help demystify analytics and create a common language across teams. Dig deeper: KPIs that connect: 5 metrics for marketing, sales and product alignment Listening and evolving Implement a system for gathering and acting on feedback that allows for anonymous and attributed contributions. In your inbox.

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